S05.E07: Blindsided - Page 2 - Below Deck

On 10/18/2017 at 2:37 PM, fifty8th said:

Why have Nico and EJ in the guest meeting? EJ is Bosun and now that he's there having Nico in the meeting just fuels his fantasy that he is still boss.

Right?! I wish Lee would flat out tell Nico that EJ IS his boss and here's a plane ticket if you don't like it.

On 10/18/2017 at 7:34 PM, ryebread said:

Including the Captain.

I was surprised when Kate invited Lee to dine with the guests. And then told the guests that the captain would be joining them. It doesn't work that way. 

I assumed they requested it and we didn't see that. Lots of previous guests have wanted to dine with the captain, for reasons I don't understand. (And I like Lee.)

On 10/18/2017 at 7:52 PM, movingtargetgal said:

I think she is aging rapidly due to her potential alcoholism.  Substance abuse tends to age young women.  She looks like she is a lot older than 34.  Also, as I have written before, Kate has had several arrests that were alcohol related.  I really hope she gets some help.

I think her alcohol related arrests are at least 6-7 years old and we haven't seen anything (that I remember) showing her having a problem controlling her drinking so hopefully it's under control at this point. I agree she looks shockingly old but she's one of the few crew members who hasn't gotten belligerently wasted and we've seen her through many seasons now. It's a mystery to me.

On 10/19/2017 at 10:39 AM, Nancybeth said:

I would have liked to see Kate having to manage a male steward and I think Bruno might have been better suited there.  Every season there's a big deal made about a female deckhand, why not a male stew?

It's weird there hasn't been a male stew. They should do that next season, since everything is getting stale.

On 10/19/2017 at 11:34 AM, Passing Strange said:

No one forces anyone to cheat, so I can't drag Bri for Nico's decisions. No, it's not classy to get with someone who has a partner, but the real shit here is Nico. If he was a good guy, deeply committed to his relationship, Bri could shake her ass all she wanted and it would make no difference. The responsibility for remaining true to his girlfriend is Nico's, not Bri's.

And Nico said something about how he's "distancing" himself from his girlfriend...why the fuck doesn't he break up with her? What a selfish prick. 

On 10/19/2017 at 3:21 PM, HunterHunted said:

@biakbiak seriously?!?!??? Frozen? Ugh. Your average person knows that frozen bananas go mushy. I've used them for banana cheesecake, cake, muffins, and banana 1 ingredient ice cream. He could have done a riff on bananas foster by making cake or french toast/pain perdu, topped with 1 ingredient banana ice cream, bananas foster sauce, and vanilla whipped cream.

Apply next season, you sound like you have better ideas than Matt (and Leon)!

On 10/19/2017 at 5:50 PM, Nancybeth said:

Maybe he should have just called it Bananas Foster Pudding!  They weren't really caramelized to start with, they were just warmed.

Since no one has mentioned it maybe I was hearing things but it sounded like he (and maybe even other crew) kept calling it "banana fosters" as well. I know Kate said it correctly but I swear the others were saying it wrong.

4 hours ago, dailydose87 said:

EJ: Although he's dorky and annoying at times he seems to be a better leader and harder worker than Nico. He's also handled things more maturely than the rest of them have (he could have ran to Captain Lee and told on Nico for all the crap Nico did but chose not to). Kudos to him.

I admit he annoys me but I've been impressed with his maturity in regard to Nico. 

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